A life in news: Alan Rusbridger

Alan Rusbridger
London
By David Levene
24/10/2011Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Join us as we talk to Alan Rusbridger about his 20 years at the helm of the Guardian.

Helena Kennedy QC will be interviewing Alan about his life as editor and the stories the Guardian broke.

As the 10th editor of the Guardian he has led the paper's digital transformation into a global voice read by over 100 million unique browsers. During his editorship the Guardian has broken extraordinary stories including the phone-hacking, Jonathan Aitken, 'cash for questions', the HSBC files and the Snowden relevations for which the Guardian won many awards including the Pulitzer Prize.

Rusbridger has pioneered 'open journalism' and is a great defender of press freedom.

Helena Kennedy QC is one of the United Kingdom's most distinguished lawyers. She has practised at the Bar for 40 years in the field of criminal law and has conducted many of the leading cases in those years. She has championed law reform for women, been a leading voice for equal opportunities in the legal profession for women. She authored a number of books on law reform, co-wrote the successful television series Blind Justice and became a well known broadcaster on law and ethics during the eighties, presenting the BBC's Heart of the Matter. She has received 37 honorary doctorates, is an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She has also been honoured by the Governments of France and Italy.

Running time: 90mins, no interval

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